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Foxconn Directs Indian Recruiters to Drop Discriminatory Criteria
Employment

Foxconn Directs Indian Recruiters to Drop Discriminatory Criteria

Apple supplier Foxconn has directed its Indian recruitment agencies to remove age, gender, and marital status criteria from job advertisements for iPhone assembly workers. This directive follows a Reuters investigation that revealed discriminatory hiring practices at Foxconn’s main iPhone assembly plant in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. Foxconn India: Investigation, Response and Reactions The Reuters investigation, published […]

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Foxconn Clarifies 25% of New Hires Married Women
Industry

Foxconn Clarifies 25% of New Hires Married Women

According to Media reports, Foxconn, the manufacturer of Apple’s iPhone, has informed the government that 25% of its new hires are married women. Additionally, the company has clarified that its safety protocol which requires all employees to avoid wearing metal irrespective of gender or religion, applies equally to everyone regardless of gender or religion. Foxconn […]

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Foxconn Plans to Double Workforce in India
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Foxconn Plans to Double Workforce in India

Established in Taiwan in 1974, The world’s largest electronics manufacturer, Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) is planning to double its workforce in India. Foxconn is also the leading technological solution provider, and it continuously leverages its expertise in software and hardware to integrate its unique manufacturing systems with emerging technologies. V Lee, Foxconn Representative in […]

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Foxconn to set up a manufacturing plant in Telangana, create 1 lakh jobs
Industry

Foxconn to set up a manufacturing plant in Telangana, create 1 lakh jobs

Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, Foxconn has announced its plans to set up a manufacturing plant In Telangana. This will create 1 Lakh Local Jobs. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said, “Foxconn’s unit will help to generate large-scale employment for the youth and will help attract more such industries to the state.” […]

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Tata Group is close to taking over iPhone maker’s plant in India
Industry

Tata Group is close to taking over iPhone maker’s plant in India

An Indian multinational conglomerate, Tata Group is close to taking over the iPhone maker’s plant in India. Wistron is one of the three Taiwanese iPhone makers in India along with Foxconn and Pegatron Corp. As Wistron plans to exit iPhone manufacturing in India, its Taiwanese partners are expanding their iPhone production lines. According to the […]

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Apple puts India iPhone plant ‘on probation’ after mass food poisoning
Industry

Apple puts India iPhone plant ‘on probation’ after mass food poisoning

Apple said on Wednesday that it has put the Indian plant of its main supplier “on probation” after mass food poisoning and protests over workers’ living conditions. Some 250 women working at Foxconn’s iPhone factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were treated for food poisoning this month, 159 of whom were hospitalised. […]

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Apple plans to create 23,000 jobs in India by March 2022
Jobs

Apple plans to create 23,000 jobs in India by March 2022

Apple supply chain’s shift of operation to India, in line with the incentives provided by the government, has reportedly created around 20,000 jobs in the country to date. According to a report in DigiTimes Asia, the number could have been higher were it not for the Covid-19 pandemic. Manufacturers including Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron were […]

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Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Ciena, Foxconn keen to set up manufacturing base in India under PLI
Industry

Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Ciena, Foxconn keen to set up manufacturing base in India under PLI

Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, Ciena, Foxconn keen to set up manufacturing base in India under PLI The government on Wednesday said firms such as Ericsson and Nokia are keen to expand their operations in India, and global companies like Samsung, Cisco, Ciena and Foxconn have “shown interest” to set up manufacturing base in the country for telecom and networking products for […]

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